Present: Hennig (Chair), Flanagan (secretary/minutes), Leach, Jenkins, Panagopoulos, Kimball
Previous Action Items:
-Jonah will give Peter Cohn
copies of any available flyers and packets of from past events, which are
missing from the NEASIST archive. - Done
-Beata will ask about by-laws regarding chapter official elections. -Done
-Vince will ask Michael about the possibility of PayPal use for Credit Card
processing. - will email right away
-Jonah will bring approved minutes from previous meeting to Pat F. - Done
-Jonah will ask Laura Reiner to generate a list of Non-ASIST members who
attended the Wireless event. -Done
-We need a new logo from National to use on the WebPages, fliers, promotional
items, etc. -received, not yet
available
-Jonah will look into getting Sheri Turkle to possibly speak at the Annual
Awards dinner - no response from her yet
-Nicole will ask the Wireless event speakers about the possibility of
transcribing their presentations for the Special Issue of the Bulletin of
ASIST -Done
-Kris Liberman is contacting Doug Kaylor regarding NEASIS boundaries. - soon?
I. Minutes from last meeting approved with slight changes.
II. Reports:
a. Membership
i. No update lists have been received from HQ
ii. Two checks have been received for Directory ads; two are outstanding
iii. Beata and Beverly will represent the chapter at the Simmons Spotlight on Associations; Beata will hand out flyers for the travel awards program
Action items:
-Jonah will work with the Program Committee toward finding a date for the awards program
-Beata will change the notification date and submission criteria for the travel award, and will add McGill, and Dalhousie Universities since they are not covered by other chapters.
-Beata will contact non-ASIST members from the Wireless event.
b. Program Committee
i. Wrap-up on the Wireless event – overall the comments were favorable, but many asked that email confirmations be sent. The program committee is discussing ideas like putting a list of attendees on the web. There were also requests for better directions.
ii. Tapes: Still waiting for the CD and transcription. A couple of copies are needed for the archives; possibly program committee members can research how other organizations handle program tape copying and selling.
Action Item:
-Jonah will have CD copies made for the archives this time.
iii. The committee has many new members; various levels of participation are involved. The Virtual Meeting may provide opportunities for some members to do things since the planning process is different. Some criteria may be needed for what constitutes committee membership.
iv. Virtual Meeting: USC members are offering Blackboard technology for the event. The event may be free since it is a pilot that may lead to others of its type. Distance Learning is the theme. The committee is trying to identify two speakers and have some in mind.
c. Treasurer
i. Vince is still waiting for the credit card payments for the Wireless program to be received from HQ
ii. The Travel Award winner from last year has been reimbursed for conference charges.
iii. Vince is still waiting for the switch to credit card from debit card so that there won’t be a per-day spending limit.
iv. Balances: checking…….$6703.22
CDs………..$12778.60
Total……….$19481.82
d. Student Chapter – no report
III. ByLaws and Elections
Action Item:
-Nicole will send new officer list to HQ
-We reminded ourselves of the timetable for elections – far off to-do list: send election ballots in August.
IV. Extending the Boundaries of NEASIS (maybe) – discussion deferred to future meeting
V. Honorariums
a. The Board moved to accept the honorariums policy proposed by Leslie
b. The Board also agreed that the Secretary will be the keeper of a policies folder for significant decisions and policies.
Action Item:
-Pat will mail formatted copies of ????
VI. Upcoming Meetings:
Feb 21
March 21
April 18
May 23
All 4:30-6pm at MIT – Barker Library Conference Room